Can't store UTF-8 Content in MySQL Using Java PreparedStatement

Question

For some strange reason I can\'t seem to add UTF-8 data to my MySQL database. When I enter a non-latin character, it\'s stored as ?????. Everything else is stored fine. S

Answer 1

add at the end of your DB connection url - (nothing else needed) ex.

spring.datasource.url = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dbname?characterEncoding=utf8